* Tonight E4 showed all the Christmas episodes of Friends, so they've been advertising this during the week. I was impressed by the advert: I think that they really went above and beyond the call of duty, by describing it in a song (to the tune of "the 12 days of Christmas").http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gjLMuL9shR4They also show a certain amount of self-awareness: "And you'll ask, why the heck have you given that to me, when Friends is on twice daily?"

* This is older news, although I missed it at the time. Apparently there was a state visit last month from the monarch of Saudi Arabia, and he visited Buckingham Palace. Normally the army band would play the national anthem, but on this occasion they played the Imperial March from Star Wars!http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YD38SQ8srXw(The clip is 7 minutes long, but the funny bit is just the first 25 seconds.)